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Things to do in Heidelberg
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Sightlore has 22 places to explore in Heidelberg, and 22 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Heidelberg's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Heidelberg Castle
Heidelberg Castle is a ruin in Germany and landmark of Heidelberg. The castle ruins are among the most important Renaissance structures north of the Alps.
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Heidelberg University Library
The Heidelberg University Library is the central library of the Heidelberg University.
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Old Bridge
The Karl Theodor Bridge, commonly known as the Old Bridge (Alte Brücke), is an arch bridge in Heidelberg that crosses the Neckar river.
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Karzer
The Student Prison was used from 1823 to 1914 to lock up unruly students. Its walls are covered with drawings and inscriptions left by the inmates.
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Philosophenweg
The Philosophers' Walk is a path about 2 km long on the northern slope above the Neckar. It offers the finest views of the old town, the Old Bridge and the castle.
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Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg
The Church of the Holy Spirit is the largest church in Heidelberg, Germany. The church, located in the marketplace in the old town center, was constructed between 1398 and 1515 in the Romanesque and Gothic styles.
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Alte Universität
The Old University is an important baroque building of the University of Heidelberg located between the Hauptstrasse and the Universitätsplatz in the old town of Heidelberg.
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Haus zum Ritter, Heidelberg
The Haus zum Ritter, built in 1592, is the oldest surviving house in Heidelberg's old town. Its ornate Renaissance façade faces the Church of the Holy Spirit.
Discovery routes in Heidelberg
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Romantic Heidelberg
A walk from the Old University and the Student Prison to the Market Square, up to the castle and across the Old Bridge to the Philosophers' Walk.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Heidelberg University Library
The Heidelberg University Library is the central library of the Heidelberg University.
Alte Universität
The Old University is an important baroque building of the University of Heidelberg located between the Hauptstrasse and the Universitätsplatz in the old town of Heidelberg.
Haus zum Ritter, Heidelberg
The Haus zum Ritter, built in 1592, is the oldest surviving house in Heidelberg's old town. Its ornate Renaissance façade faces the Church of the Holy Spirit.
Heidelberg Castle
Heidelberg Castle is a ruin in Germany and landmark of Heidelberg. The castle ruins are among the most important Renaissance structures north of the Alps.
Old Bridge
The Karl Theodor Bridge, commonly known as the Old Bridge (Alte Brücke), is an arch bridge in Heidelberg that crosses the Neckar river.
Heidelberg old town
Heidelberg's old town lies between the Neckar river and the castle hillside. Baroque buildings, squares and student pubs line the long Hauptstraße.
Marktplatz (Market Square)
The Marktplatz (German for Marketplace) is a central square in Heidelberg's old town, the Altstadt. It has served as a marketplace since the establishment of the city in medieval times.
Thingstätte Heidelberg
The Heidelberg Thingstätte is an open-air theatre on the Heiligenberg in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was built during the Third Reich for performances and events as part of the Thingspiel movement.
Museums
Karzer
The Student Prison was used from 1823 to 1914 to lock up unruly students. Its walls are covered with drawings and inscriptions left by the inmates.
The German Pharmacy Museum
The German Pharmacy Museum inside Heidelberg Castle covers the history of pharmacy, with historic pharmacy interiors, medicine jars and an alchemist's laboratory.
Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma
The Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma was established in Heidelberg, Germany, in the early 1990s, as a memorial to Sinti and Roma people who were killed by the National Socialists Party.
Kurpfälzisches Museum
The Kurpfälzisches Museum (Palatinate Museum) is a museum of art and archaeology in Heidelberg, Germany. It is located in the Palais Morass.
Places of worship
Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg
The Church of the Holy Spirit is the largest church in Heidelberg, Germany. The church, located in the marketplace in the old town center, was constructed between 1398 and 1515 in the Romanesque and Gothic styles.
Peterskirche
St. Peter's Church is the oldest church in the old town (Altstadt) of Heidelberg, Germany. It has generally served as the university church of the University of Heidelberg since the late Middle Ages.
Jesuitenkirche
The Jesuit Church is the largest Catholic church in Heidelberg's old town. Built in Baroque style between 1712 and 1759, it houses a museum of sacred art.
Neuburg Abbey
Neuburg Abbey near Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg is a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Saint Bartholomew, and part of the Beuronese Congregation.
Monuments
Karlstor
The Karlstor is a triumphal arch marking the eastern end of Heidelberg's old town since 1781, built in honour of Elector Karl Theodor.
Nature
Philosophenweg
The Philosophers' Walk is a path about 2 km long on the northern slope above the Neckar. It offers the finest views of the old town, the Old Bridge and the castle.
Botanischer Garten der Universität Heidelberg
The Botanischer Garten der Universität Heidelberg (2 hectares), also known as the Botanischer Garten Heidelberg, is a botanical garden maintained by the University of Heidelberg.
Heidelberg Zoo
Heidelberg Zoo is a zoo in Germany which was founded in 1933 and opened for the public on 20 November 1934. Since 1998, the zoo director has been Klaus Wünnemann.
Königstuhl
The Königstuhl (German), is a 567.8 metres (1,863 ft) high hill in the Odenwald Mountains and in the city of Heidelberg, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
Other
Heidelberger Bergbahn
The Heidelberg Mountain Railway is a two-section funicular railway in the city of Heidelberg, Germany.
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